Gandhinagar beat:

Gandhinagar, 17 June, 2014

–Australian Commercial Minister for South Asia and Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner Ms. Nicola Watkison today called on Gujarat Chief Minister in a courtesy visit. Australia is going to become a partner country for the Vibrant Gujarat Investors Summit 2015. Officers K.Kailashnathan and Additional Chief Secretary DJ Pandian were part of this meeting.

–Gujarat government has shared the details of three days long Kanya Kelavni and Shala Praveshotsav drive. According to govt figures 4,32,626 children were enrolled in standard 1. The schools received Rs. 16.25 crore cash/other donation. 65,752 girls were given Rs. 13.15 crore Vidyalakshmi bond during three days.

–Finance Minister Saurabh Patel today called a pre-budget meeting in which CII’s Yatindra Sharma, Bhagyesh Soneji, Rajesh Gandhi, FICCI’s Pankaj Pael, GCCI’s Shankarbhai Pael, Bimal Parikh, Rajkot Chamber’s VP Vaishnav, Arun Mashru, SGCCI’s Hemant Desai, Vadodara Laghu Udyog Sanstha’s Panthesh Jinvala and Dhankesh Patel were present.

-Gujarat’s first woman Chief Minister Smt. Anandiben Patel today urged the police department to be duty-bound to deliver “right justice to rightful person.” Smt. Patel was speaking as the chair-person at a joint review meeting held for senior IPS officers, district superintendent of police, and district magistrates and collectors in Gandhinagar on Tuesday.

The Chief Minister clearly stated that the police department should make investigation “without any fear or/and favour” and its duty-boundness should be aimed at to curb the crimes and criminals.

Elaborating her thoughts further, she said, for solving the received complaints the police department must go to the roots of the problems and emphasised on the needs for allround transparents and speedy efforts for their prevention from happenings.

At the meeting, the Chief Minister had appealed to the police department to adopt a justful approach to “find out what is the truth to save the innocent from being getting punished and to deliver a stern lesson to the guilty.”

Smt. Patel stated that to make greater emphasise on keeping co-oridination and consultation between the Police Department and Administration Wing at the district level. It is essential that the officials play a role of pro-active teamwork for achieveing the state’s aim of “collective efforts, inclusive growth”, she further added.

Smt. Patel further empahsised that civic administration and police department should adopt an integrated approach to use the CCTVs camera network installed for keeping an eagle-eye for prevention of crimes in the cities, should also be utilised for the public welfare.

Smt. Patel further suggested that if needed, to solve the problems and crime pertaining to lands, police and revenue department should make a co-ordination between them. Similarly, Police and road and building department should make a thorough deliberation to take concrete measures for prevention of accidents on highways.

She further suggested that community policing should be given a push by taking servicing of retired police personnel, sernior citizens, NGOs and youth-brigades for traffic control in the city.
The Chief Minister gave specific instruction to adopt sensible and humanitarian approach in the cases of missing children and in particular of missing minor girls. She also emphasized on implemention of the suggestion of the human rights commission, on the curbing the illegal trnasporation of cows and cow-meats and other issues.

She further appealed to maintain and upheld the prevalent strong and firm law and order situation in Gujarat, which is better compared to other states of the country.

Others who spoke on the meeting included Gujarat MoS for Home Mr. Rajnikantbhai Patel, Chief Secretary Dr. Varesh Sinha, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Dr. S K Nanda and Additional DGP Pramod Kumar.
Others who attended the meeting included Social Justice and Rights Minister Mr. Ramanbhai Vora, Law Minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja, DIG P C Thakur, and Add DGPs, Pricipal Secretary to CM Mr. G C Murmu, Secretary Mr. Vijay Nehra and other sernior secretaries.

– Gujarat’s first woman Chief Minister Smt. Anandiben Patel today felicitated three district collectors by conferring them with Honour-Certification for their excellent works in the Gujarat government’s home department’s ‘Suraksha Setu’ scheme.

The trio was honoured at a joint review meeting held for senior IPS officers, district superintendent of police, and district magistrates and collectors in Gandhinagar.

The Chief Minister had honoured 3 district collectors – Mr. Rahul Gupta (Anand), Mr. Banchhanidhi Pani (Sabarkantha), and Mr. H N Thakkar (Patan) – by conferring them with ‘Honour Certification’ for setting up a Bridge of Trust between the police and people for security and empowerment of women, safety of senior citizens and exchange of information between them (police and people) for prevention of crimes in their respective districts.